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Dec '24 (edited) • 90 Day Plans: Beginner Members

Cover change feedback

At the beginners meeting it was fed back that my covers weren’t very cohesive (working through them atm) and especially the collection I had was confusing new readers (hence barely any sales/KU reads since launch in July). After not finding a boxset image I could work with (aside from the fact it was never going to be a physical boxset) I saw some books using digital mockups and decided to try that. I made the mistake of asking my readers who hated the idea (although a few measure voices did say the cover was confusing for new readers). So I changed it and it’s selling now (albeit small sales compared to some, but it also has steady order numbers too). I’m not advertising it, but I did do a freebie promo just before I changed the cover so it’s not a perfect experiment. But as you can see it was dead prior to that and normally with a promo I see a steep tail.

The second image is the Amazon ebook cover (centrally is the original cover which is the paperback wrap). I also made new covers for all the short stories inside as I intend to release them all to KU separately.

Aesthetically this new ebook cover isn’t as pretty as the original, but it clearly tells the reader what they are getting even at thumbnail size.

So for me this was worth it and this kind of change if you have a collection and Canva is doable for most I’d imagine.

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